Trying to Make Plans.

 Trying to Make Plans.

 

Have you ever planned on doing something and figured you would probably forget something essential? A toothbrush comes to mind. And then there are other things that apply to critters that are more important than your own toothbrush might even be. That is how things stand at the moment. Sister-in-law gave my dogs about 25 pounds of Purina One Lamb and Rice kibble. They like it and are doing well with it. Then yours truly went to Walmart and bought some stuff to go with it for when cooking their food was a bit much for me. So, there is a bit of prep work done, but thinking an order to Chewy for another bag of dog stuff might be a good idea since these two seem to be going through it like boll weevils in a cotton patch. Anyway, that is on the list of things to do.

 

Took Patty’s trash bin down to her this afternoon and watched her two rabbit chasers wander around the yard and making their marks on the territory. That Rudy will come right back when called, but Roxie decided to ignore me just a bit today when she considered her favorite rabbit hideout. Patty said that Donny used to let her go down there and root out the rabbits, but this ol’ woman is not as fast as he would have been.

 

Speaking of not being as fast as Donny, today my words about him have been a bit warmer than usual: HAM sandwiches was one of the expressions. Had one of those pair of pump pliers or whatever they are called and could not even budge the fastener on the front faucet. Lewis used to put “torque” on things like that. Drove me wild to try to get the lids off of things that he put back in the fridge! Oh well. Wrapped the faucet with what was left of a dog toy and put a flower pot over that with a brick on top. Maybe that will take care of the situation. We are looking at 16 degrees this Sunday. ARGH!!! Thinking about opening the green house part of the hen house and making the hens stay in most of that day until the weather warms up. The 21 and 23 degrees before and after may be just as bad, but it will depend on the wind chill again. By Friday the faucet cover will have to go back on the faucet out back again. Oh well.

 

My dogs think that they have been neglected. Let their water fountain go empty, so today it got scrubbed and refilled. Poor critters. But they also drink out of the chicken bowls and the commode every chance they get. Either choice is not great, but such is life.

 

Dr. Blackwell came and visited with me today. She made me feel much better about the choice made to go ahead with this surgery. Nothing is going to improve until something is done, and the situation has become much worse in what feels like a short amount of time. She was the one that pointed that out to me. Had not really considered it, but she is right. From being able to walk easily to not being able to walk, lift, or otherwise keep as busy as normal, all of that has changed drastically. Kinda strange that two disks messed up could make that much difference. Jennifer pointed out that she was not able to live with a stupid infected gallbladder and had it removed for the same reason. Some things just need to be remedied.

 

Don’t know anything good to talk about this evening. Have to ask Google for a joke every day. Do you know what a pig’s favorite karate move is? A pork chop. Uh huh. Or—what is the difference between a guitar and a fish? You can tune a guitar, but you can’t tuna fish. Ok. Pretty sad.

 

Think one year that Walgreens had tights on sale after Christmas. May call tomorrow and see if they have any this year. Have seen women wearing them lately and they don’t look bad at all. No pressure on the abdomen and no need for a belt sounds good to me. Need to call Nikki and see how she handled this situation when she had surgery. Of course, she is one tough cookie—shoeing horses is her profession! Anyway, she could probably tell me how this surgeon handles things.

 

Will ask you all to remember those like the Jarlsbergs, Mariellen Rose, and others who have had to deal with some serious health issues. Some of us have no idea how blessed we are to be able to just breathe. May God bless those whose health is precarious and who need our prayers.

 

Rest well and find joy in whatever you set your hands to do. You are loved.